[News] Victoria, Sunhwa and Hyomin share their first kiss experience on Invincible Youth

f(x) Victoria revealed a surprising confession about her first kiss on the latest episode of Invincible Youth.

Victoria confessed that she had her first kiss to a guy he was in a relationship with before she was in college and she was in a relationship with her for 2 years. She was asked by Sunhwa in which she answered frankly to everyones surprise.

Hyomin from T-ara also shared her story which was embarrassing for her. She revealed that she went out with the guy she likes to watch a movie but she embarrassed herself when she farted. Sunhwa also revealed that she went out with her boyfriend to a street and she was wearing a dress when the wind blew her skit upside down causing her embarrassment.

This episode will be aired on the 8th.

Source : Newsen
Credits : Blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[News] Netizen detectives claim to have evidence Jiyeon was in video strip chat

Despite agency representatives rejecting rumors that T-ara’s Jiyeon was involved in strip chat activities, netizen detectives believe they have found evidence that the videos do show Jiyeon in the buff.

Netizens dug up pre-debut pictures of Jiyeon to compare her side-by-side with the girl in the video, and they believe the similarities between the two are strong. Besides the similar facial resemblance, netizens have also found marks (the black dots, not the wrinkles or shape of the fingers) around her finger and armpit that they believe represent concrete evidence that the girl in the video is indeed T-ara’s Jiyeon.

Check out the comparison pictures below.

What do you think? Is it Jiyeon or just an impostor?

[News] Kara vs. AKB48, another round of Korea vs. Japan match following the women's football

Various presses, both local and foreign, showing great interests in Korean vs. Japanese girl group competition

Following the announcement of the 2nd lineup of 2010 Asian Song Festival, various presses, both local and foreign, are showing growing interests in the competition between 'Kara', the Korean girl group currently doing great in Japan, and 'AKB48', representative of Japanese girl groups.

Major Japanese media including Nihon TV and Mainichi shimbun simultaneously reported that both Kara and AKB48 would appear on the same stage at 2010 Asian Song Festival, to be held on coming 23rd at Seoul Olympics main stadium.

They introduced this festival as an "A match" in the music industry and reported that girl groups representative of both countries would compete fiercely with each other on stage, drawing attention to another round of Korea vs. Japan match following the recent one at the U17 women's world cup.

AKB48 (or Akiba48) is a girl group founded in 2005 under the motto of 'Idol you can meet everyday once you go a theatre", located in Akihabara, "The Heart of Tokyo's Electronics", as can be guessed from its name, consisting of over 40 members.

Its members are fluctuating and it sometimes does unit promotions in A,K, and B units. They are performing daily live sessions at their exclusive theatre AKB48 in Akihabara, Tokyo, and they have released over 350 original songs so far, including their recent single ‘ポニ─テ─ルとシュシ ュ’ released on last June, which ranked at the top spot of Oricon weekly chart.

They sold more than 500 thousands of its album in the first week, a first in 10 years since Morning Musme and their competences are all but proven by receiving the special award at the 51st Japanese Record Grandprix, as well as the 'Asian Recommendation' award at Mnet Asian Music Award, both in 2009.

They also proved recently that their popularity are as high as their members' numbers by successfully finishing their Saitama Aria tour.

And they are also famous for their unique way of choosing their 16 select members who will sing their new singles. Those members that sang their recent 17th single were picked by the fans' public vote, and the proceeding 'Vote Guidebook' with the profiles of all members enjoyed the first spot in the bestseller ranking in its first week of sale.

In particular, those members who will sing their 19th single due this December were picked by a 'rock scissors paper' competition, an unparalleled one of its kind held at Nipoon Budokan with 11 thousand fans watching and relay-broadcasted on 42 screens in 29 movie theatres in all around Japan that generated a lot of buzz then.

16 members of AKB48 are scheduled to participate in 2010 Asaian Song Festival, one of whom is Sashihara Rino(指原莉乃, 17) that won the rock scissors paper match with Oshima Yuko(大島優子, 21) who won the first place at the 2nd member selection competition.

Meanwhile, the popularity of Kara, its rival at the competition, was also proven by an incident on Aug 11, the day of their debut, where their 'guerilla concert' on Shibuya Tokya, which wasn't pre-announced, was cancelled in just three minutes due to more than 3,000 fans gathering at once.

That incident resulted in police being dispatched to keep accidents from happening and became the talk of the town at the time, and were finally reported in various Korean and Japanes news shows, as well as featured in various Japanese entertainment shows.

This and other successes of Korean singers in Japan, and the increased interests in 2010 Asaian Song Festival, naturally resulted in the growing interests in the competition between the singers from both countries at the festival.

But the 'Foundation for Exchanges Of Korean Cultural Industries' (hearafter the foundation) announced that the festival, greatest in scale in Asia, would be a uniting, rather than a competitive one where they'll form a cultural sympathy of 'One Asia' based on cultural exchanges and cooperations between Asian nations which will donate all of its income to help the children affected by the Pakistan flood.

Meanwhile, the theme song of 2010 Asian Song Festival, an Asian version of 'We are the World', is gathering expectations, being composed by the renowned composer Cho young Soo. He is one of the best composers in Korea, who has composed 52 songs in 6 years, including 'I was wise to love' by SG Wannabe, 'This horrible love' by Lee Soo Young, and 'Stories untold yet' by Lee Seung Gi and is already approved world-wide, as well as domestically.

In particular, he recently debuted successfully to the Japanese pop music market by composing the title track ‘Precious~you are the only place I can return to(Precious~君だけが僕の歸る場 所)’ in the third Japanese single of SG wannabe, a popular Korean ballad group, which was placed on the Oricon chart on the day it released and is still enjoying its continued popularity so far.

The theme song of the festival, composed by Cho Young Soo, is an easy to sing along and cheerful one with his trademarked light feel in it.

Its main theme is that songs can spread the dream and hope to the whole world and it will be sung as the finale by all the best singers of the Asia.

2010 Asian Song Festival is co-hosted by the Foundation for Exchanges Of Korean Cultural Industries and the City of Seoul, under the support of Korean Ministry of Culture, Athletics, and Tourism and Korean Tour Corporation to help the cultural exchanges between Asian countries.

It began in 2004 with 9 teams from 7 Asian countries and are becoming the best pop music festival and the event for the cultural exchanges, and 14 best singers from 9 countries gathered and performed splendidly in 2009.

In this year, it well be held on Oct 23 at the Seoul Jamsil Olympics main stadium with top singers from Japan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia, as well as from Korea.

Translated by lvalue@Karaholic
Source : Deajon City Journal

[News] Hyuna and Kim Tae Woo comes back to Invincible Youth

I bet a lot of us were wishing to have our Maknae PD return on Invincible Youth. Well, I guess, our wishes has not come into waste - though not fully!

It has already been announced that 4Minute's HyunA and Kim TaeWoo will be visiting the popular variety show: "Invincible Youth" for the celebration of it's 1 year anniversary. It's not new to us that HyunA left the show together with SNSD members: Sunny and Yuri for their preparation for entering the Japanese market. It's undeniable that Invincible Youth has become one of the best means that made HyunA become more popularly known. Through this show, she was able to express her cute and funny side, which was far way different from her charismatic and fierce personality when she performs on stage. She also had a great opportunity to make friends with other idols through this show.

Meanwhile, SNSD's Yuri and Sunny are also being invited by the staff to visit on the show too on the very same day of TaeWoo and HyunA's visit. The show's PD thinks that having all the previous members of the show joining the new ones will be making their first year anniversary more memorable.

Let us all standby for that special day!

Credits : Nate
ashleylovesasia@4-minute.com

[News] Nicole forgot her birthday and KARA threw a surprise party despite busy schedule in Japan!

KARA's Nicole was surprised by the surprise birthday party KARA members gave her for her 19th birthday.

KARA's Nicole celebrated her 19th birthday on the 7th of October. On the 7th, they were shooting for a music video for their Second Japanese Single "Jumpin". Despite their busy schedule, the rest of the girls managed to find time to prepare for it and during the shooting of the music video, they celebrated Nicole's birthday party.

When they had the party, Nicole was very surprised and even said on twitter, "I forgot what today was, but still the Music video Staff members and KARA gave me surprise party" revealing a picture with her birthday cake.

Source : Newsen
Credits : Blueprincess824 @ dkpopnews.net

[Videos] Invincible Youth episode 45 subbed

45th chapter is here. In this episode, Goo Hara is finally taking her written test for driving license for farm vehicles. What happened to G7's rice field? take a look and see what happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VitzmH4daQ0&feature=player_embedded

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kbs world

[News] Yang Dong Geun would mimic Kara's choreography when in service

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• Girls' Generation.. Kara.. all huge..
  
• We would watch weekends' music shows without fail.
  
• I thought actors would be different…
  
• Gong Yoo, Kim Jae Won, Lee Dong Wook, Lee Jin Wook,..
  
• Yang Dong Geun would go so far as
  
• to mimic the choreography!!
  
• He isn't that talkative usually!
  
• (Enthusiastically)KARA!!

Tony Ahn of former HOT, who was recently discharged from military service, disclosed actor Yang Dong Geun's military life.
In MBC's 'Golden fishery ground - the knee guru' broadcasted on 6th, Tony Ahn revealed his military life with fellow entertainer soldiers.

MC Kang Ho Dong asked him "Are Girls' Generation worshiped as goddesses by the soldiers?" and he answered that "Kara, as well as Girls' Generation, are huge too."

He added that "We would watch the music shows on weekends without fail," and that "I thought actors would be different, but Gong Yoo, Kim Jae won, Lee Dong Wook and Lee Jin Wook would all watch them together with us, all screaming."

In particular, he drew laughter from the watchers of the show by disclosing that "Yang Dong Geun would go so far as to mimic Kara's chreography."

Meanwhile, that day's 'Golden fishery ground - radio star' featured actors Ahn Jung Hoon, Kim Min Hee, and Lee In Hye.

Translated by lvalue@Karaholic
Source : Review Star

[Audios] 4-minute's Japanese single " FIRST" audio teaser unleashed!

A 44-second-long teaser audio of 4Minute's newest Japanese single track, FIRST, was released on Universal Music's 4Minute homepage. 4Minute's usual power and charisma can be felt despite it being less than a minute long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KnEyJc5NVs&feature=player_embedded

Source : Universal Music 4Minute page
Video credits : nguyenmt14012@YT / wintersun@4-minute.com
Reporting : kueensora@4-minute.com
Special thanks : 4minCRAZE@4-minute.com